But no matter what, Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu finally chose to persuade Chen Zuyi to surrender.
The persuasion to surrender did not go well at first. Chen Zuyi wanted a lot of things. Not only did he obey the instructions but not the propaganda, he even asked Su Fan to give him countless money every year, not to mention collecting tolls.
When Zhu Gaoxu heard the report from those who persuaded him to surrender, he almost ordered his troops to attack Bolin State.
But Zhu Di calmed down, dissuaded Zhu Gaoxu from his irrational behavior, and explained: "The most important thing Chen Zuyi has at hand is his hundreds of large ships. Other than that, the land and small ships are of no use. What we have now
There are not many naval forces in the fleet, which is almost the same as the fleet in Chen Zuyi's hands. He is not sure of victory. Now because the navy is still there, he still has some taboos. If he loses the battle, he has no taboos at all. He can do whatever he wants.
What have you done? Even if you lead troops to attack his land territory, it will be useless."
"Then what should we do?" Zhu Gaoxu dropped the sword in his hand and asked Zhu Di.
"I will personally go to Bolin State to negotiate with Chen Zuyi." Zhu Di said.
"Father, this is not okay! I will never agree to this!" Zhu Gaoxu said immediately. He did not dare to let Zhu Di go to Chen Zuyi's place. If he went crazy and killed Zhu Di, his reputation would be completely ruined for letting his own father negotiate.
What's more, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Di have been father and son for many years, and they still have a father-son relationship. Although he doesn't want Zhu Di to compete with him for power all the time, he also doesn't want Zhu Di to die in this place.
"Gao Xu, don't worry." Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaoxu who was unwilling to let him negotiate, and said with some emotion: "Chen Zuyi is not a fool. Bargaining with Su Fan during negotiations is different from killing a relative and former prince of Ming Dynasty.
.If he really dares to kill me, Ming Dynasty will definitely chase him to the ends of the earth. Looking at the situation these days, Chen Zuyi is a shrewd man and will not do this."
In the end, Zhu Di went to Bolin State in person to negotiate with Chen Zuyi.
No one knows the specific negotiation process, but in the end Chen Zuyi completely gave up the conditions he proposed at the beginning, and even gave up his request to obey the instructions but not the announcement, and became Su Fan's official navy.
Zhu Gaoxu was very surprised at the time and thought that Chen Zuyi was pretending to surrender. However, the summons to Chen Zuyi went very smoothly, and Chen Zuyi knelt on the ground respectfully to meet him. Afterwards, although he still didn't understand why, he accepted the fact that Chen Zuyi had defected to Su Fan.
When Zhu Di heard Chen Zuyi's answer, he laughed and said: "Gu just went to join in the fun. The Ming Dynasty sent out 600,000 troops to conquer Annan at one time, and the 3,000 troops led by Gu are nothing."
"No, no," Chen Zuyi even pulled up the article and said, "No matter how few soldiers and horses your Highness has, they are still soldiers and horses. Didn't the Ming Dynasty's 600,000 troops also have one guard post after another? Maybe His Highness led them
These three thousand troops will make great contributions in the conquest of Annan."
"Haha, Cheng Qing's words." Zhu Di smiled and said: "But I still don't believe that you personally escorted me to Guangdong just to protect me."
"Nothing can be hidden from Your Highness." Chen Zuyi said: "To be honest with Your Highness, I am from Chaoyang County, Chaozhou Prefecture, Guangdong. Because I was a pirate in Guangdong in my early years and was wanted by the late emperor, I did not dare to return to my hometown, so I lived in Nanyang. Now Your Highness has surrendered.
If I forgive my sins, I will naturally return to my hometown to worship my ancestors."
Zhu Di nodded. This reason sounded like the truth, but he was still not sure whether it was the truth.
But it didn't matter. No matter why, Chen Zuyi didn't dare to throw him off the boat halfway. He glanced at Chen Zuyi, who immediately showed a flattering look towards him.
The two then talked about something else. Zhu Di said: "Ma He and Wang Jinghong will lead the fleet to circle Sumatra Island. When will they be able to complete the circle?"
"Your Highness, according to my past experience, it will take about half a year, if you check the local sea conditions along the way."
"Your Highness also knows that the location of Sumatra is very special. To the northeast is Managara and many small islands, to the east is the Java Sea and Java Island; but to the west and south are vast oceans, so the sea conditions in different places are completely different.
It’s different, it’s very difficult to find out clearly.” Chen Zuyi said.
"Even with your past experience?" Zhu Di asked.
"Your Highness, how could the past ministers clearly detect the sea conditions in those places? That is of no use to us. We only need to know a sea route that can be passed safely. So our experience is of little use." Chen Zuyi said.
After listening to his words, Zhu Di lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.
While Zhu Di lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking, Chen Zuyi said: "Your Highness, I see that the eunuch Ma He sent by Your Highness has white eyes."
"Yes." Zhu Di did not raise his head.
"Your Highness, I would like to advise Your Highness that you should not trust people with dirty eyes. It is better not to trust this Ma He too much."
"In the past, there were Semu people in my fleet, but they were not loyal. They were always at odds with us, and they even launched rebellions. Later, I no longer wanted Semu people, whether they were the Great Cannibals, Persians or Indians.
People." Chen Zuyi said.
"The horse next to me is different from the person you mentioned, and won't be like that." Zhu Di said.
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In Ganzhou City in the northwest, a man wearing a white hat and a man in Han attire walked out of the guard yamen.
The Han man said: "I'm really busy today and my head is sore. I need to eat a good meal to replenish my body."
He immediately turned his head and said to the person next to him: "Old Ma, do you want to have dinner with me? The Mongolian roasted whole lamb is the best."
The man called Lao Ma calmly refused: "I have some things to do at home today, so I won't go to dinner with you."
"Okay then, I'll find someone else. But Lao Ma, why are there always things going on at your home recently? It wasn't like this before. What happened at your home? Do you need our help?" said the Han man.
"No, it's just some chores." Lao Ma said.
The two said a few more words, and Lao Ma said goodbye to him and returned to his home.
But after he returned home, he did not do anything else. Instead, he immediately said to another man wearing a white hat in the house: "Soraha, I just read from the newspaper that the Ming Emperor decided to send 600,000 troops."
Conquer Annan."
"Sending 600,000 troops? Real or fake? It's not to scare the Annan people," Sauraha said doubtfully.
"I'm not trying to scare the Annan people. I really want to send 600,000 troops," Lao Ma said.
"Then this news must be known to the Great Khan immediately, so that the Great Khan can take advantage of the emptiness in the Ming Dynasty to send troops to conquer the Ming Dynasty!" Sauraha said.
